Imagine the scene, 1995 and my Dads going to buy a new car. He always went for brand new small cars, polos, micras etc. Me being a car obsessed 12 year old was harping on about getting some decent metal. We were in Abercromby in Stirling one sunny June afternoon and we see up on ramps right at the front of the forecourt a Zinnobar Red 1988 (F) 318i marked up at £4995. We were both smitted and Dad just had to have it. I was exstatic, bye-bye Micra, hello E30!!! I felt like the absolute boy getting dropped off / picked up from school in this. Its STILL to this day my favourite E30 - M40 1800, no power steering, manual windows and sunroof, factory uprated suspension, cross-spokes, tec1 spoiler - looked the danglies. Dad kept it until 2000 when he retired and bought a brand new compact sport. He regretted not keeping the E30 for me and we saw it going about (modified a wee bit) for a few years. It was last seen circa 2005 in Larbert where i left a note under the windscreen wanting to buy it, but i never heard back, its probably dead now
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Roll the clock on 2 years, 2002 i buy my first E30, a 1990 H 316i Lux manual in Brilliant Red:
For whatever reason i sold the car after about a year and pined for another for a year or so. 2005, when i joined the zone, i bought this a few of you will recall it, a 1991 H 316iA, utterly pristine with 30,000 n the clock. I never gelled with the car, the no fogs, white, wheeltrims and black plastic seeming a tad understated to me, and sold it to a guy in Ireland. Pictures below:
Roll the clock on to 2006 and i buy an absolute dog of war but super reliable chariot, a 1989 G 325iA Touring in Zinnobar Red - a strange mish mash of a car with bits of MTEC2 kit on it, no history and 155,000 on the clock but it was a stromer!!! Dodgiest sale i ever partook in, bought from a well shady and known to be shady dealer in Falkirk for £500 beans, i handed over £500 notes got an mot, no receipt, no history and 1 key, and the guy put the 500 straight in his wallet - dodgy central but i wasny moaning! Pictures below, sold in 2007:
Roll the clock on 4 years to 2011 and i get myself engaged, sell my classic that had far too much cash tied up in it, pump that into the wedding fund and skim a wee bit off the top and decide to buy one E30 to keep and always have something in the garage to play with as im sure im going to need a little escape now and agan!! This car will always be my absolute keeper as its the best classic ive ever had!!My 1983 320iA in Sapphire Blue, and what a car to finish on!
So what about your E30 Stories???
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Im foaming at the mouth at that 320SE!!!!
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my first one 318i no options, just rear head rests and a fake tec 2. i added fogs IS lip i bought new and an half leather sport interior for £150...........................which i realised was an evo 2 interior of quite some value now it would seem! Hit a tree in this on crimbo day 2001. no pics but it was a good smash like. Wet road/no talent incident
